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Depicting the Dead : Self-Representation and Commemoration on Roman Sarcophagi with Portraits /

Explores how to read Roman sarcophagi, starting from those adorned with portraits and placing them within a social context; investigates gender values and childhood as reflected in the visual language of sarcophagus reliefs and shows how standardised iconography could be used to construct personal a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Birk, Stine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Aarhus : Aarhus Universitetsforlag, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Explores how to read Roman sarcophagi, starting from those adorned with portraits and placing them within a social context; investigates gender values and childhood as reflected in the visual language of sarcophagus reliefs and shows how standardised iconography could be used to construct personal and social memory
Descripción Física:1 online resource (333 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9788771244168